Black children in America deserve the freedom of a full, complete, enjoyable, and unencumbered childhood, and political education can help them understand the systems shaping their lives and empower them to make sense of what they experience.
Tag: Harriet Tubman
Posted inWord In Black
This New Political Movement Is Bringing Power to Black People
Over the last seven months, the political climate in the United States has become hostile to government programs that celebrate, help, or advance opportunities for Black people. Workplace diversity initiatives […]
Posted inCulture
From Middle-School Teacher to Gullah ‘Culture Keeper’
Anita Singleton Prather, a former middle school teacher, has been called by God to share the stories of God’s people, particularly those who look and live like her, through the Gullah Traveling Theater, Inc., in order to preserve the values of resilience, optimism, tenacity, and faith that have carried her ancestors through generations.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Fox and Rob Launch #TIMEIIWATCH Campaign for Justice
Sibil “Fox” and Robert “Rob” Richardson, a couple separated by the prison industrial complex, have created a documentary film called “TIME II: Unfinished Business” to raise awareness about mass incarceration and mobilize a movement to free others.
Posted inMuseums
Can This Chicago Preacher Save ‘The ‘Blacksonian’?
Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, has come up with a backup plan to save the Smithsonian Museum’s National Museum of African American History and Culture from being defunded by President Donald Trump’s executive order.
Posted inNational
Whitewashing in Real Time from Harriet Tubman to Target Stores
The U.S. National Park Service has restored its original webpage on the history of the Underground Railroad after backlash for deleting a photo of abolitionist Harriet Tubman and segments of text describing the horrors of slavery.
Posted inLifestyle
Why Black Christmas Means Resistance
Black Americans have historically used the Christmas season to resist slavery, and today continue to resist injustices by supporting Black-led organizations and participating in protests.
Posted inWomen
A Love Letter Celebrating Black Women
Sojourner Truth. Harriet Tubman. Ida B. Wells. Fannie Lou Hamer. Shirley Chisholm. Kamala Harris. I celebrate you — Black women — by invoking these “she-roes” sisters who’ve made enduring freedom […]
Posted inSpiritual
The Truth of Black History Will Set You Free
By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware Originally appeared in Word in Black If you haven’t seen For Colored Girls in Black History, then you obviously were not present for morning worship […]
Posted inHomepage
Why Black Christmas Means Resistance
By Nadira Jamerson Originally appeared in Word in Black For many of us, Christmas is a time to exchange gifts, indulge in slices of sweet potato pie, and binge-watch movies like […]